1999 Toyota Avalon
midsize car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1998-99 models
Tested vehicle: 1998 Toyota Avalon XLS 4-door
The Toyota Avalon was introduced in the 1995 model year and was structurally modified beginning with 1998 models to improve performance in frontal offset crashes.
| Evaluation criteria | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall evaluation | |
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Leg/foot, left | |
| Leg/foot, right | |
| Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Dummy movement was reasonably well controlled. There was too much upward movement of the steering wheel. |
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Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
The driver's survival space was maintained reasonably well, although there was too much upward movement of the steering wheel.
Intrusion into the driver footwell area contributed to the likelihood of injury to the left lower leg.
The steering wheel moved too far upward during the crash test, which could compromise restraint system performance.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF97023 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 12 |
| Left (cm) | 27 |
| Center (cm) | 25 |
| Right (cm) | 17 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 20 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 4 |
| Right (cm) | 6 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 13 |
| Rearward (cm) | 4 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 2 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF97023 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 204 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | no contact |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.2 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 16 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.25 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 35 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 1.6 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 0.8 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 1 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 1 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.21 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.46 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.2 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 1.7 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 75 |
| Right | 108 |